Saturday, May 16, 2015

I
may not always be the brightest candle on the cake, but it doesn’t take a wall
to fall on me for certain things to come clearly into focus. That is what has
happened in the last few weeks as we at the United States Justice Foundation
(USJF) have continued to move forward with our investigation into the expanding
assault of the Federal and some state governments on the Second Amendment
rights of our veterans.

What we have uncovered is a
coordinated effort by multiple federal agencies to disarm the American people.
The tactics being used are not just violating the Constitutional rights of
Americans, but include outright criminal acts such as extortion and blackmail. Veterans
continue to be the primary target, but the groundwork has been laid to expand
the disarmament efforts to the rest of the population.

The veterans are clearly considered
the most dangerous of the gun owners in the country because there are 23
million of us and we all took an oath of office to “protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
We are trained to do just that so we pose a threat to those who want to take
away our Constitutional republic.

The government is also using the
veterans as guinea pigs to develop methods that can be used to steal their
Constitutional rights. Some veterans get the letter from the VA telling them
that because of physical or mental disabilities they are going to be declared
incompetent to handle their own financial affairs, and the VA will appoint a
fiduciary for them. The veterans are given 60 days to prove they are competent,
which is a direct violation of the due process clause of the Constitution that
requires the burden of proof be on the government.

The
letter also tells the veteran that once they are declared incompetent they can
no longer own, possess, purchase, or transport firearms or ammunition. If they
do they will be prosecuted. The names of veterans who have been declared
incompetent are sent by the VA to the FBI where they are automatically declared
to have been adjudicated to be mentally defective to the point of being a
danger to themselves or others. They are put on the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS) and can no longer legally purchase firearms.

However,
in none of the cases that we know of has there been an adjudication process
with a hearing before a judge or an administrative judge. Nor have the veterans
in most cases been examined by a psychiatrist, psychologist, or even an MD.
Eric Holder decided that anyone who works for the VA can declare veterans
incompetent for any reason including having their bills paid automatically out
of their bank accounts.

I
have reported on all of this is the past, but as we have gotten more aggressive
in representing individual veterans to defend their Constitutional rights the
VA has adopted additional tactics against our American heroes. Some veterans
have never gotten any letter or official notification from the VA. They find
out they are on the NICS list when they try to purchase a firearm. Often they
can’t even find out why they are on the list.

Other
veterans who fight the incompetency declaration and lose can appeal, but are
being told that if they do defy the government and appeal, their benefit payments
can be suspended for the duration of the appeal, which can drag on for years.
The families of veterans are also been told that since they live with a veteran
who has been declared incompetent they can’t own or purchase firearms. They are
also being put on the NICS list. So first it was the veterans, and now the
government is expanding the prohibition to the families.

Now
we have uncovered another new wrinkle to this assault by the government. Veterans
who are declared incompetent are being told that if they want to have their
Second Amendment rights restored they can simply sign a form from the VA giving
up their VA benefits. This is simply unbelievable. On the one hand the VA and
the FBI have found veterans to be mentally ill and too dangerous to be allowed
to own firearms, while on the other hand allowing these allegedly dangerous
people to buy their firearm rights back. This is illegal and is called
extortion. One thing we are looking into is what happens to the money that
veterans give up. We suspect it does not all go back in the treasury.

These
are the veteran stories yet we believe we have just scratched the surface. I
mentioned that there are multiple agencies involved and they are expanding the
gun grabbing programs into other segments of the populations. All veterans that
go to the VA are questioned about their firearms ownership and now we are
finding that some seniors on Medicare are being asked the same questions. So
are some dental patients and even children who are seeing pediatricians are
being questioned about their parents’ gun ownership.

Other
agencies involved in this massive assault are the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) that continues to list veterans and other supporters of the
Second Amendment as the top potential domestic terrorists. The purpose is to
demonize these two groups and make the public more agreeable to having them
disarmed.

Following
the lead of an Executive Oder issued by Obama, the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) is directly violating the federal HIPAA law that was
passed by Congress to protect the privacy of medical records. It is releasing
the records to the FBI of anyone who has ever told their physician they were
feeling depressed, even if never treated, and anyone who has taken certain drugs
for things like PTSD, ADD, or ADHD, among others. All of these people will
eventually be added to the NICS list.

The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) is issuing new regulations
broadening the definition of people who are mentally ill and dangerous to
include anyone, including children from ever legally owning or purchasing
firearms because they were ever sent by a judge to be examined by a
psychiatrist or psychologist. Unfortunately, such actions are often taken by
family court judges when there are divorce and custody battles going on. In the
vast majority of cases, there is no finding of mental illness, but under the
new BATF regulations that won’t matter. The people will be banned for life from
owning a firearm.

Then
there are the actions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) threatening banks and
credit card companies with investigations and sanctions if they continue to do
business with any entity selling firearms or ammunition such as gun stores or
pawn shops. This is another case of criminal extortion by the Federal
government.

What
is next? Will you have to surrender your firearms to keep your social security,
or to stay on Medicare? Will you have to certify that neither you nor any of
you employees own firearms in order to get a contract with the Federal
government? The groundwork is clearly being laid for all of this to happen.
After all, we are living in Obamaland.

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